El envejeciente de Guarabo: un perfil biosicosocial del envejeciente en una comunidad de Puerto Rico / The aging person in Gurabo: a bio-psychosocial profile of the aging person in a community in Puerto Rico
Bol. Asoc. Méd. P. R
; Bol. Asoc. Méd. P. R;81(9): 345-50, sept. 1989. ilus
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ABSTRACT
The Department of Family Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico Medicine School performed a census of the inhabitants 60 years and older in the community of Gurabo. A total of 1,890 elderly were interviewed 51% were female and 49% male. Sixty percent were married and twenty-five percent were widowed. Eighty two percent still lived within a family setting and only seventeen percent lived alone 86% owned their own home despite ninety percent reporting incomes below $400.00 per month. Ninety five percent have access to medical services but 63% receive services in multiples sites. Eighteen percent were functionally impaired, fourteen percent intelectually impaired and five percent had impairment in both areas. Preliminary data show that the latter group had an annual mortality rate of 15% compared to only 3.6% and 1.3% respectively in the other two group. We concluded that 1) functional and mental impairment are indicators of increased mortality. 2) although access to health care is not a problem this health care is episodic and interrupted being provided in multiple different sites
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Envelhecimento
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Serviços de Saúde para Idosos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Aged80
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol. Asoc. Méd. P. R
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Porto Rico